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- proper noun Alternative spelling of
Rigveda .
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{p. 363} The Rgveda is a collection of poetry composed between 1500 and 1200 (or 1000) BC, often to accompany various stages of the sacrificial ritual.
The Civic Platform - A Political Journal of Ideas and Analysis 2008
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Dating for the Rgveda or Rig Veda is usually estimated at around 1200 BC, give or take a couple of centuries.
Atlas Shrugs 2008
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Dating for the Rgveda or Rig Veda is usually estimated at around 1200 BC, give or take a couple of centuries.
Atlas Shrugs 2008
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Unlike the Rgveda, the integrity of its oral transmission was not nearly so secure and there are many difficulties in interpreting the earlier passages of the document.
Atlas Shrugs 2008
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Unlike the Rgveda, the integrity of its oral transmission was not nearly so secure and there are many difficulties in interpreting the earlier passages of the document.
Atlas Shrugs 2008
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3 Griffith/Shastri, The hymns of the Rgveda (1995), p.398 (see link).
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1000 BC and are presumed to be roughly contemporary with the Rgveda.
Atlas Shrugs 2008
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1000 BC and are presumed to be roughly contemporary with the Rgveda.
Atlas Shrugs 2008
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The Rgveda alone is about the size of the Iliad and Odyssey combined. "
Atlas Shrugs 2008
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The Rgveda alone is about the size of the Iliad and Odyssey combined. "
Atlas Shrugs 2008
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